The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-06

the mountain regions of that State, with
whlcn, from long residence, Miss Baylor is
perfectly familiar. The work is very bright
and clever, sparkling with wit, and abound
ing IN those charming descriptions of life
ana natural scenery which have given Miss
Baylor such wide and favorable reputation.
Ihe story will take rank with Charles Egg
pert Craddock's ''In the Tennessee Noun
talns, and other favorite novels descrip-
tive of Southern life.
MISTAKEN PATHS. A novel. By Hubert @. Dick.
Frh5 nta j. B. Iippincott Company
This story is quite interesting and very
well told. The heroine is made to suffer
much, but in the end she is compensated.
The story is meant to show how easy it is
for estrangement to take place between
husband and wife when they fail to give
each other the fullest confidence.
WALLINsFoRD. A story of American Life.
Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott Company
Cloth. Price 81 25.
"Wallingford" is pretty love story, but
it ends in sadness The author succeeds
admirably in picturing certain phases of
American life in large cities. The prone
ness of people not to understand and APP
preciate those who posses genius is made
very plain, and some lessons are taught
which 1T would be well for everybody to
learn.
History OF THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. BY J.
Thomas Scharf. Rogers & Sherwood, pub
fishers q and % Barclay street, New York.
Cloth, $3.50 sheep. library, 81 so; half morocco,
So 80; seal, 81; full Turkey morocco, $40.
This work, just published, is the first at
tempt to place on record the exploits of the
Confederate navy in the war of 1S61-1S65.
Its author, Col. j. Thomas Scharf, of Balti-
more, has been for twenty-five years gath
ering the material for the work; and the
result of his labor is thorough, painstak-
ing, exhaustive history, well worthy of the
claims made for it. The publishers have
done their share in making the work at
tractive-S4 solid pages, well printed, hand
ssomely bound, and containing large num-
Der of illustrations, among which are supe-
rior portraits of many of the principal
Southern naval officers and leaders, taken
from original photographs. The work is
published by subscription and well worth
the attention of the reading public. Speak
ing of the difficulties overcome by the Con
federacy in building up a navy the author
says: THUS, the Confederate States, which,
in 1861, were totally destitute of every APP
pliance, of all machinery, of all tools and
mechanics, for the manufacture of naval
ordnance of any kind, while fighting a null
titudinous enemy over a vast territory, and
surrounded by the navy of the enemy which
closed every port. was able to erect at Rich
mond, Atlanta, Augusta, Selma, New Or
leans, Charlotte, Columbia, Petersburg, Co
lumbuS, those extensive works which, be-
fore the war closed, supplied her navy and
batteries with all the ord
nance they required. These various
works developed into usefulness as the war
progressed, notwithstanding its exacting de
mands upon the country for every man
capable of bearing arms. Their efficiency
was frequently retarded by the calls to arms
which took the workmen from the shop to
the field, and at all times the comparatively
small number of mechanics available for
work at these stations was matter of seri-
Gus embarrassment. If the United States
surprised the nations of the world by
the development of its war power
during that war, careful examlna-
ton of what was accomplished in
the Confederate States will be found to have
greatly exceeded the results in the United
States when the conditions and circum-
stances of the two parties to the war are
considered and contrasted. If, while fighting
each other and each party destroying every
thing that could not be removed, these grand
results were respectively accomplished what
limit shall be set to the capabilities of such
a people united and excited by the same
determination in their defense of Their
common country2'
Down EAST LATCH STRINGS, issued by the Bos
ton and Maine railroad, illustrated be H. B
Colby and F, H. Taylor, and published by the
Passenger Department of the Boston and
Maine railroad.
This is handsomely printed, handsomely
bound and handsomely illustrated volume
of $50 pages. 1t is by far the most elaborate
summer excursion book of the season. 1t is
written in a very attractive style, since
while it is a book of information, this in
formation is conveyed through the medium
of an interesting story.
THE LILIES OF FLORENCE. By George Sand.
Translated from the French by Lew Wander
pool. John w. Lowell & Co., Il and 10 Vesey
street, New York city. Paper cover. Price 2Oc
This is an interesting novelette,, and well
calculated to make an idle hour pass quickly.